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Trek Geeks: A Star Trek Podcast

OUR 11TH YEAR!

Trek Geeks: A Star Trek Podcast is a place to celebrate Star Trek in all its eras, driven by a deep passion for the franchise and what it represents. Hosted by lifelong fans Bill Smith and Dan Davidson, the show takes a weekly dive into the stories, characters, and ideas that have shaped Star Trek for nearly six decades. From the groundbreaking days of The Original Series to the latest episodes of Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy, Trek Geeks explores why Star Trek continues to resonate, blending thoughtful conversation with humor and heart.

At its core, Trek Geeks is about passion, community, and a shared love of sci-fi storytelling. The podcast welcomes longtime Trekkies and newcomers alike, offering meaningful discussion without ever losing sight of the fun. Over the years, the show has featured conversations with Star Trek favorites like Jonathan Frakes, Nana Visitor, Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, and Michelle Hurd, along with writers, creators, and experts from across the Trek universe. Whether you’re here for the action, the ideas, or the friendships forged among the stars, Trek Geeks is where Star Trek fans come together. Engage!

Copyright: © 2020 Coconut MediaWorx LLC. Trek Geeks and the Trek Geeks Podcast are not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. or the Star Trek franchise. All STAR TREK trademarks and logos are owned by CBS Studios Inc.

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TOS: Our Top Ten Nov 22, 2016

Show notes

Well, as the 50th anniversary of the phenomenon known as Star Trek starts to wind down, we thought it would be a great idea to jump onto the "which is the best of the best" bandwagon. So, as our special tribute to the series that started it all, this week we rank our top 10 Original Series episodes!

But that's not all. Here to help us with this special episode, is Mr. TrekRanks himself - the man who actually fired the torpedoes on the good ole NX-01, Mr EnterpriseExtra, Jim Moorhouse! You can see his awesome rankings of all the Star Trek series at www.trekranks.com, and we are thrilled he is joining us for this TOS spectacular.

For this special discussion, we have followed Jim's lead from his website and listed our episode, followed by a short 5 word description, and then an ultimate hashtag comment for each choice. You can see our individual lists on the Trek Geeks website!

5YM!

We can't thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out--they're writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock's Brain! Plus, here is a little secret...they are working on Year 4 right now!

Here's a rundown of the Five Year Mission songs you'll hear in this episode!

Themes The Cage – [Track 1] – Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 – [Track 6] – The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music Errand of Mercy – [Track 11] – Year Two Catspaw – [Track 5] – Year Three

See-It or Skip-It: DS9 Season 1 Nov 15, 2016

Show notes

This week, we decided to tackle our all time favorite Star Trek series, Deep Space 9 with our signature "See-It or Skip-It" extravaganza! You would think that we love every aspect of every episode, but we think you will be surprised on what we say about the first season of this completely "not Gene's vision" series. From the Battle of Wolf 359 all the way through the season ending tension with the Bajorans, we hit every episode and give you our take on whether you should "See-It or Skip-It".

WIN STAR TREK BEYOND!

We're giving away a copy of the Star Trek Beyond Ultimate Blu-Ray Gift Set which is available only at Walmart!

To be eligible, all you have to do is share the episode pinned to our Facebook and Twitter with your friends, telling them why you like Trek Geeks!

For more details and official rules, go to http://trekgeeks.com/beyond RIGHT NOW!

We'll announce the winner in the episode of the Trek Geeks Podcast dropping on November 29th, 2016!

SPECIAL THANKS

We can't thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out--they're writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock's Brain! Plus, here is a little secret...they are working on Year 4 right now!

Here's a rundown of the Five Year Mission songs you'll hear in this episode!

Themes The Cage – [Track 1] – Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 – [Track 6] – The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music Catspaw – [Track 5] – Year Three Colder in Russia – [Track 6] – Spock's Brain Return of the Archons – [Track 6] – Year Two

Khan Noonien Singh Nov 08, 2016

Show notes

This week we focus on the greatest adversary Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise ever faced! We speak, of course, of Khan Noonien Singh!

We'll examine the backstory of this genetically-engineered super human, look at his appearances in Star Trek and talk about the character's evolution from Space Seed all the way to Into Darkness! Plus, we'll also discuss some of Khan's other appearances in books and comics.

Plus, we'll give our picks for the actors we would have cast as Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness--and some of our picks just might surprise you!

All that and news--and did we mention we're giving away a thing--all in Episode 83 of the Trek Geeks Podcast! You'll want to chase us around the moons of Nibia and around the Antares Malestrom and around Perdition's Flame before you give this one up!

WIN STAR TREK BEYOND!

We're giving away a copy of the Star Trek Beyond Ultimate Blu-Ray Gift Set which is available only at Walmart!

To be eligible, all you have to do is share the episode pinned to our Facebook and Twitter with your friends, telling them why you like Trek Geeks!

For more details and official rules, go to http://trekgeeks.com/beyond RIGHT NOW!

We'll announce the winner in the episode of the Trek Geeks Podcast dropping on November 29th, 2016!

SPECIAL THANKS

Music for the Trek Geeks Podcast is graciously provided by FIVE YEAR MISSION and we can't thank them enough! You really should check them out--they're writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums!

Here's a rundown of the Five Year Mission songs you'll hear in this episode!

Themes The Cage – [Track 1] – Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 – [Track 6] – The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music Amok Time – [Track 15] – Year Two Catspaw – [Track 5] – Year Three Return of the Archons – [Track 6] – Year Two

First Officer Thunderdome Nov 02, 2016

Show notes

They're the second in command on their respective ships, carrying out the orders of the Captain---they're the First Officers and they play a critical role in Star Trek.

In this week's episode, we'll take a look at the five First Officers to date and talk about several key areas where these individuals excel and, in the end, only one will be left standing!

Plus, we'll talk about the latest news in the Star Trek universe from our good friends at TrekNews.net, and we'll also tell you how "The Trial of the Century" went during the 24 hour fundraiser by the amazing folks at The G&T Show!

Five officers enter--ONE OFFICER LEAVES! Who will be left standing in Episode 82 of the Trek Geeks Podcast? Find out and LISTEN NOW!

SPECIAL THANKS

We can't thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out--they're writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock's Brain! Plus, here is a little secret...they are working on Year 4 right now!

Here's a rundown of the Five Year Mission songs you'll hear in this episode!

Themes The Cage – [Track 1] – Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 – [Track 6] – The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music Mudd's Women – [Track 7] – Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 4 – [Track 4] – The Trouble With Tribbles

The Pegasus Oct 25, 2016

Show notes

This week, Dan and Bill deep dive into arguably one of the very best episodes of TNG, "The Pegasus!" Riker's past comes back to haunt him in the form of his former Captain, Admiral Eric Pressman. What is the secret they are both hiding from Captain Picard? Terry O'Quinn shows us why he is one of our favorite actors with his portrayal of the admiral with questionable intentions. Was he simply a "badmiral" or was he just "Lost" with his twisted sense of devotion to the Federation? Either way, you can see the beginnings of John Locke himself start to form with this unique character.

Also, this is a very Riker-centric episode and they discuss why it may be one of the best for the development of this character. Many relationships for Riker are put to the test due to the secret he is hiding and as a result he seems very unsure about the choices he is making! Plus we will discuss if using this episode as the reference point for the series finale of Enterprise was a smart move by the studio, or just an attempt to pull in some hard core fans for what would be the last episode of Trek for more than a decade!

In addition, it was a quiet week for Star Trek news, but there are always little tidbits floating around in the quadrant, such as the first guest confirmation for STLV51!

So sit back, grab a glass of Romulan Ale and get comfortable next to your little phasing cloaking device because it's all here in Episode 81 of the Trek Geeks Podcast!

SPECIAL THANKS!

We can't thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out--they're writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock's Brain! Plus, here is a little secret...they are working on Year 4 right now!

Here's a rundown of the 5YM tracks we used in this episode!

Themes The Cage – [Track 1] – Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 – [Track 6] – The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music Errand of Mercy – [Track 11] – Year Two Colder Than Russia – [Track 5] – Spock's Brain

The Ultimate Crew Oct 18, 2016

Show notes

One of the coolest ideas in Star Trek Timelines is the ability to have any single member of the Star Trek Universe as part of your crew. We are talking ANY character from any series, ship, timeline, universe, etc. That got us thinking. Who would WE pick for our ULTIMATE Crew? We break down all the main crew assignments in this "infinite possibilities episode". Heck, even waste extraction is discussed because Bill thinks that would be perfect for Dan!

In Star Trek news, perhaps one of the most EPIC and awkward pics in history was taken recently at Star Trek Destination Europe as almost two dozen Star Trek alums got together on the bridge of the Enterprise!

Also, time to fork over some quatloos or gold pressed latinum because the revised and expanded Star Trek Encyclopedia is now available and the reviews are overwhelmingly positive!

Finally, both Bill and Dan received some swag in the mail over the weekend. What did they get and who is more excited?

It's Episode 80 of Trek Geeks--beam aboard, won't you?

STAR TREK TIMELINES

Special thanks to our friends at Disruptor Beam--the creators of the Star Trek Timelines game--for letting us use their artwork in our album cover this week!

SPECIAL THANKS

We can't thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out--they're writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock's Brain! Plus, here is a little secret...they are working on Year 4 right now!

Here's a rundown of the 5YM tracks we used in this episode!

Themes The Cage - [Track 1] - Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 - [Track 6] - The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music Dagger of the Mind - [Track 10] - Year One Metamorphosis - [Track 7] - Year Three

Insurrection Oct 11, 2016

Show notes

The year was 1998. Dan and Bill were working in telephone support jobs supporting stock trading software and 56k dial-up modems ruled the day.

One day at work, they got the bright idea to download the brand-new trailer for the third movie featuring the cast of The Next Generation--Star Trek: Insurrection! It took hours for the trailer to download and these two future Geeks looked forward to December.

Then they saw the movie.

The follow-up to First Contact didn't exactly overwhelm. It's been a long time since they've watched Insurrection, but the Trek Geeks will take a long look at this often maligned movie--and maybe even explain why it's really not as bad as people make it out to be.

In addition to elements of the movie that they liked (and didn't), they'll answer the central question that this movie raises: would it have been better served as an episode of NextGen?

It's a skin-stretchingly good time in Episode 79 of Trek Geeks--beam aboard, won't you?

SPECIAL THANKS

We can't thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out--they're writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Beam on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock's Brain!

Here's a rundown of the 5YM tracks we used in this episode!

Themes The Cage - [Track 1] - Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 - [Track 6] - The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music Mudd's Women - [Track 7] - Year One A Taste of Amageddon - [Track 8] - Year Two Within the Mainframe - [Track 5] - Spock's Brain

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Recasting DS9 Oct 04, 2016

Show notes

This past Spring, we asked the members of our Camp Khitomer group on Facebook to send us their questions for an "Ask Us Anything" episode!

Their questions were fantastic, but there was one we thought could truly be its own episode--we were asked to pick a series and recast the characters with different actors.

Challenge accepted!

This week we'll recast our favorite series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, with an all new set of actors--and some of the selections may just surprise you!

Plus, we'll update you on the latest Blu-Ray release in the Star Trek universe and discuss a wonderful essay that highlighted our Trek50 episode!

We hope you'll join us for an entertaining discussion this week on the Trek Geeks Podcast!

TREKKING THROUGH PODCASTS

Read Brian Donlon's LinkedIn essay here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trekking-through-podcasts-brian-donlon

SPECIAL THANKS

We can't thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out--they're writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Beam on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock's Brain!

Here's a rundown of the 5YM tracks we used in this episode!

Themes The Cage - [Track 1] - Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 - [Track 6] - The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music The Galileo Seven - [Track 1] - Year Two The Doomsday Machine - [Track 3] - Year Three

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The Man Trap Sep 25, 2016

Show notes

This Episode of Trek Geeks is Dedicated to the Memory of Eric Cone

It quite possibly was the television event that forever changed history! On September 8, 1966 the very first episode of Star Trek was shown on NBC. It was "The Man Trap" and this week the Trek Geeks are ready to discuss the great Salt Vampire of M-113!

Bill and Dan will discuss all the interesting and quirky things about this episode. After watching it countless times over the last 40+ years, they certainly have a lot to say about this unique premier episode! Was that REALLY red blood on Spock's forehead? Why does McCoy have a virtual pharmacy in his bedroom? And how does Ole Salty know to speak Swahili to Uhura? And what's with that hand-plant in the Botany Lab?

In addition, they ask and discuss if hunting down the creature made this debut episode of Star Trek seem like every other space-themed tv show in the 1960's where we kill what we don't understand?

Also, in the news, get your microwave popcorn ready because Star Trek Beyond is coming to digital download and DVD soon, past guest Manu Intiraymi's project "The Circuit" has started their Kickstarter fund raising, and Adam Nimoy's "For The Love of Spock" is now available!

All this and more on what certainly is NOT the last of it's kind - it's Episode 77 of the Trek Geeks Podcast!

THANKS AND GRATITUDE!

We can't thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out--they're writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960's.

Beam on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock's Brain!

Here's a rundown of the 5YM tracks we used in this episode!

Themes The Cage - [Track 1] - Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 - [Track 6] - The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music (Gotta Save) Spock's Brain - [Track 7] - Spock's Brain Within the Mainframe - [Track 5] - Spock's Brain

Embracing the Winds Sep 20, 2016

Show notes

After a one week hiatus, the Trek Geeks are back in their podcast chairs and ready to discuss the latest amazing episode from Star Trek Continues.

Episode 7 of this highly acclaimed fan production tackles a very interesting and controversial topic that began almost 50 years ago with the final episode of TOS, "Turnabout Intruder." In "Embracing the Winds," we finally find out why female officers have never been in command of a constitution class starship! Additionally, we see yet another ship--the U.S.S. Hood--fall prey to a mysterious anomaly. We think you will agree that STC has once again given us an amazing episode filled with drama and awesome guest stars!

In addition to a spoiler-filled rundown of the plot, Dan and Bill discuss the myriad of Star Trek themed easter eggs in this episode and as always discuss whether or not it IS Star Trek!

Plus, there are lots of interesting news topics to discuss including the pushed back premier date of Star Trek Discovery to May 2017, the debut of Star Trek Online to Xbox One and PS4 consoles and we may even get to hear our beloved Majel Barrett as the computer voice in DSC and maybe even your mobile phone someday!

All this and more as Dan returns from Walt Disney World! "Happiest Place on Earth?" No way! That's right here, rejoining Bill in Episode 76 of the Trek Geeks Podcast!

SPECIAL THANKS

Music for the Trek Geeks Podcast is graciously provided by our friends, the band FIVE YEAR MISSION!

We can't begin to thank Noah, Fark, Patrick, Mike, and Chris enough for allowing us to use all of their amazing music for the podcast every week. Please, do yourself a favor and check all of their albums: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, Spock's Brain!

Get yourself on over to FiveYearMission.net and get ALL of their music. We promise, you'll love it.

Here's a rundown of which 5YM tracks we used in this episode!

Themes The Cage - [Track 1] - Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 - [Track 6] - The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music Errand of Mercy - [Track 11] - Year 2 Awful Lot of Trouble - [Track 3] - Spock's Brain Colder Than Russia - [Track 5] - Spock's Brain

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